Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Maryland

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in Maryland, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number
of OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands		 Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
United States, total 46,444,240 29,190,150 5,543,981 4,967,155 2,832,767 3,910,187 37,854,411 26,125,087 4,169,125 33,162,456
Maryland 742,694 487,430 76,353 77,402 38,522 62,987 619,867 439,606 66,667 545,257
1 118,484 82,203 10,569 11,491 6,329 7,892 101,180 75,039 10,123 88,969
2 104,058 64,558 12,520 12,144 5,275 9,561 88,220 59,747 10,730 73,971
3 99,744 66,717 9,437 11,036 5,116 7,438 87,633 63,221 10,059 75,846
4 62,665 39,119 7,328 5,415 2,748 8,055 47,463 32,027 4,169 42,258
5 73,772 48,114 7,630 7,285 3,855 6,888 58,620 40,700 5,833 52,717
6 104,654 68,518 10,454 11,819 6,333 7,530 87,629 61,761 10,204 77,344
7 98,330 59,767 13,530 10,370 3,328 11,335 77,378 51,944 8,216 66,557
8 80,987 58,434 4,885 7,842 5,538 4,288 71,741 55,162 7,331 67,595
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. SSI in Maryland, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
United States, total 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 2,951,425 415,574 35,144 2,500,707 2,406,327 1,995,284
Maryland 90,118 15,614 724 73,780 38,150 4,767 292 33,092 26,380 24,834
1 7,965 1,244 81 6,640 2,963 233 34 2,696 3,304 1,971
2 12,506 1,203 112 11,191 5,571 339 43 5,189 3,570 2,279
3 11,453 2,351 85 9,017 4,981 836 33 4,112 3,179 3,608
4 10,002 2,324 90 7,588 4,294 780 38 3,476 2,320 3,103
5 6,647 1,345 61 5,241 2,587 377 24 2,187 2,058 2,059
6 7,473 860 61 6,552 2,968 187 24 2,757 2,718 1,538
7 26,040 2,564 170 23,306 11,556 612 71 10,873 7,377 5,822
8 8,032 3,723 64 4,245 3,231 1,403 25 1,802 1,854 4,454
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.